Swallow Tanager

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Swallow tanager (Tersina viridis), a in the family Thraupidae, native to South America — Male swallow tanager on the branch of a riverside ice cream-bean.
(Plate 16.)

Artist

Name:: Descourtilz, Jean-Théodore
Dates:: 179?-1855
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Callier, Jean Étienne Joseph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Natural History Museum Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Oiseaux brillans du Brésil
Author(s):: Descourtilz, Jean Théodore
Published:: Paris, 1834
Open Library:: View record

Description

Plate showing a swallow tanager (Tersina viridis), a tropical bird in the family Thraupidae, native to South America.

The caption reads in the original French: Tersine bleue mâle, sur un rameau de sucrin du bord des eaux.

Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, bird, color, passerine, reference book, South America, Thraupidae, tropical

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